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Topics: Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960, Ambassadors
http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp?st=UF022408839&ix=pm&I=0&V=D&pm=1
Topics: Fiddler crabs--Behavior, Spartina.
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From the bitsavers.org collection, a scanned-in computer-related document. cdc :: cyber :: icem :: 60000167A ICEM Engineering Data Library Users Guide for NOS Jan87
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Topics: Greek Government Gazette, Greece, official journal, Part 2, FEK, ΦΕK, Εφημερίδα της...
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Musical play, recorded in Stone Mountain, GA in 1987. Bryan Ciliberto: bass, drum program Jon Ciliberto: guitar, mix Mike Daniels: synethsizers
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In order to promote public education and public safety, equal justice for all, a better informed citizenry, the rule of law, world trade and world peace, this legal document is hereby made available on a noncommercial basis, as it is the right of all humans to know and speak the laws that govern them. (For more information: 12 Tables of Code ) Name of Standards Organization: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Division Name: Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Section Name: Medical Laboratory...
Topics: data.gov.in, standardsbis.in, public.resource.org
In order to promote public education and public safety, equal justice for all, a better informed citizenry, the rule of law, world trade and world peace, this legal document is hereby made available on a noncommercial basis, as it is the right of all humans to know and speak the laws that govern them. (For more information: 12 Tables of Code ) Name of Standards Organization: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Division Name: Mechanical Engineering Section Name: Diamond Core and Waterwell Drilling...
Topics: data.gov.in, standardsbis.in, public.resource.org
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Topics: Alberta -- Conditions âeconomiques -- 1945-, Alberta -- Conditions sociales -- 1945-
A meta-analysis of studies of the impact of new science curricula on the performance of students was initially conducted in 1983 as part of a coordinated program of meta-analysis of research on science education. This paper reports the results of a re-synthesis of the research dealing with student performance in the new science curriculum using refined statistical procedures developed by Hedges and Hedges and Olkin. A comparison of procedures in the previous meta-analysis may have led to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Instructional Improvement, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology,...
This newsletter presents a list of 248 special education curriculum guides, identified as exemplary through the National Special Education Curricula Survey, a national service project of the Indiana Department of Education. The survey was sent to personnel at state departments of education, universities, schools, community agencies, and special projects. The guides included those produced by state departments of education, educational publishers, and nonprofit groups. Citations, in one...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Day Care, Adult Education, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living...
This report presents data compiled from the 118 United States and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1985-86 fiscal year. ARL membership consists of 106 university libraries and 12 public or private, independent research libraries. Following a brief introductory summary of ARL 1985-86 expenditures and a discussion of changes in the presentation and collection of data since the previous year, data tables describe research...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Libraries, Doctoral Programs, Enrollment, Higher Education, Interlibrary...
This digest summarizes the contents of the more than 50 separate items that were published by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development in 1986-87. These items include major research reports, video programs, newsletters, clearinghouse reports and textbooks. The first section provides an overview of the Centre's work and its publications and discusses how to use the digest and other Centre publications. The second through sixth sections summarize the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Clearinghouses, Continuing...
Average salary increases for 1,473 faculty in the field of dramatic arts are reported for 1983-1984 and 1986-1987, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 120,580 faculty at 167 public colleges and 235 private colleges, representing 44 academic disciplines. In 1983, 77 public colleges and 105 private colleges reported on salaries for faculty in dramatic arts, while 87 public and 111 private colleges reported...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative...
Average salary increases for 983 faculty in the field of curriculum and instruction are reported for 1983-1984 and 1986-1987, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 120,580 faculty at 167 public colleges and 235 private colleges, representing 44 academic disciplines. In 1983, 31 public colleges and 9 private colleges reported on salaries of faculty in curriculum and instruction, while 33 public and 12...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative...
A variety of approaches used by the states in preparing and utilizing institutional role and mission statements are examined. Purposes of delineating institutional missions are identified, along with components of role and mission statements. General statements of purpose and profiles of current programs and activities are provided in the mission statements, as well as a projection of selected activities and characteristics into the future. State comparisons concerning mission development are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Planning, College Role, Comparative Analysis, Government School Relationship,...
Average salary increases for 230 faculty in the field of communication technologies are reported for 1983-1984 and 1986-1987, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 120,580 faculty at 167 public colleges and 235 private colleges, representing 44 academic disciplines. In 1983, 11 public colleges and 17 private colleges reported on salaries of faculty in communication technologies, while 12 public and 21...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative...
When professional movers are hired to move a library collection, drawing up written specifications becomes the most important part of the planning process. Specifications explain exactly what needs to be done, form the basis for a legal contract, and provide the basis for determining the cost of the job. Precision is an important component of writing specifications, and existing specifications may serve as helpful examples. Additional considerations include: (1) beginning the specifications...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Guidelines, Legal Responsibility, Library Administration, Library Collections,...
Student costs and financing of college were studied in Washington State using the College Scholarship Service's Student Expense and Resource Survey (SEARS). The study population consisted of: (1) full-time undergraduate students and full-time graduate students in master's or traditional doctoral level programs at state institutions; (2) full-time undergraduates at private institutions and all graduate students; (3) part-time and full-time community college students; and (4) full-time...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Debt (Financial), Dependents, Females,...
This report summarizes the decisions of the Virginia Commonwealth University Joint Committee to Study Library Periodical Services that were scheduled for implementation for the fall 1987 semester. Approved decisions are outlined for the areas of: (1) photocopiers, including photocopy services and Vendacard; (2) bound volumes, including loan policies, linking, and tattle-tape; (3) open access to current periodicals, including access to materials and desk services, construction, security of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Higher Education, Library...
Community-referenced activities, which involve combinations of skills used in routine tasks of daily living, are critical for the independent functioning of moderately and severely handicapped persons. The paper examines the characteristics of these activities in order to extract implications for enhancing instruction. The tasks involved in such community-referenced mathematics activities as grocery shopping and using a vending machine are analyzed in the context of: (1) the length of the task...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Daily Living Skills, Experiential...
This edition of the newsletter of the National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth explains the procedural safeguards provided by Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, to insure that each eligible child receives a free appropriate public education. Individual sections have the following titles: "Procedural Safeguards Insuring that Handicapped Children Receive a Free Appropriate Public Education"; "How Parents and Educators Make...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Due Process,...
Two consecutive agreements between the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education and the Community College of Rhode Island Faculty Association are presented, covering the years 1985 through 1987 and 1987 through 1990. The 19 articles in the agreements set forth rights and provisions related to: (1) recognition of the association as the exclusive bargaining agent for community college faculty; (2) rights of the association and the board; (3) rights of individuals; (4) fringe benefits;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts, Department...
Preschoolers in a model preschool designed to develop children's planning and problem-solving abilities were compared to children in three comparison preschools on measures assessing children's ability to solve problems and plan. Children were also compared on other measures of cognitive ability, including measures of general cognitive functioning, vocabulary IQ, and Piagetian developmental level. All children attended private, suburban, middle-class preschool programs. Findings indicated that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Models, Planning, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum,...
This teaching guide accompanies the Life Expectancy at Birth poster kit, which presents statistics on life expectancy from 128 countries with populations of more than one million. The statistics relate to economic development and the changes it is bringing about in the world. Sometimes called indicators, the statistics are measures of social and economic conditions in industrial and in developing countries. The guide is intended for use with: (1) a set of six full-color pictures of people in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Guides, Data Interpretation,...
This report evaluates the types of data gathered about nursing homes during a survey process by the State of Illinois through its Inspection of Care Review and Quality Incentive Program (QUIP) assessments. The data are compared to other State systems/demonstrations in an effort to choose those indicators which best measure the quality of care in Illinois nursing homes. The report begins with a description of the Institute of Medicine's report on improving nursing home quality of care....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Institutionalized Persons, Long Term Care,...
This document, one of more than 100 performance-based vocational teacher education modules, covers the following objectives as it prepares pre- and inservice teachers to secure training stations for their co-op programs: (1) after completing the required reading, critique the training station identification and assessment techniques used by a teacher coordinator in a given case study; and (2) after completing the required reading, answer the employer's questions in a given case script and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship,...
This document contains collected materials and guidelines developed by the Yale Public Schools in Yale, Michigan, in an effort to standardize the process of writing and reviewing curricula. The document is based on the notions that the written curriculum should also be the taught curriculum, that the taught curriculum should also be the tested curriculum, and that teachers should teach to the test. A brief introduction and statement of philosophy are followed by sections concerning: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Boards of Education, Committees, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development,...
This handbook contains rules, regulations, and expectations required of General Cooperative Education (GCE) students in Huntsville High School (Arkansas). The guide contains the following sections: (1) what is the GCE program; (2) basic beliefs concerning GCE; (3) rules and regulations concerning employment; (4) rules and regulations concerning school; (5) rules and regulations concerning the employer; (6) the General Cooperative Education Clubs of Arkansas; (7) on-the-job training; (8)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, High Schools, On the Job Training,...
By integrating the language arts across the curriculum, teachers and librarians can help students make connections between what they already know and new material. Teachers committed to this approach need to spend time planning, executing, and evaluating the process and to bring the following essential components to the classroom: (1) love and respect for children, (2) love of both adult and children's books, (3) willingness to share reading with children and to listen to their comments, (4)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education,...
This monograph contains summaries of the following 19 programs for providing career guidance to high-risk persons participating in a Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program: Youth Employment Curriculum and Competencies (Boise, Idaho); Career Mentoring Program for the Disadvantaged (Grayslake, Illinois); Partners in Skills for Career/Vocational Transition (Waterloo, Iowa); Project LSYOU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Career and Employability Enhancement (Oakland, Maryland); Senior Transition...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Abstracts, Adolescents, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance,...
Intended to enable Catholic educators to evaluate and compare the writing progress of their students to that of the nation as a whole, this report presents writing achievement data of Catholic school students in grades 4, 8, and 11, assessed in 1983-84 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A summary of the findings of the NAEP Reading Report, a complementary study, is presented and discussed in terms of a larger school-based context. The first of three sections reporting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blacks, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary...
Students drop out of school because of a variety of family, economic, and racial factors that can be categorized as either alienation, lack of motivation, or disadvantage. The key to reducing the dropout rate is helping youth to overcome their sense of disconnection. Students with low motivation to attend school have shown improvement in school attendance and retention after participating in career education. However, casual vocational exploration is not enough; major concentration in a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts,...
Guidelines to prevent fraud and abuse in the government's student aid programs are presented for schools, lenders, and guarantee agencies. Student aid fraud is defined as intentional wrongful obtaining of student financial assistance (SFA) benefits through deceptive means. It is noted that falsification of eligibility is the most common form of SFA fraud. Seven ways that a student can qualify as eligible for the U.S. Department of Education's SFA program funds are identified. Methods that have...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cheating, College Students, Disclosure, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Financial Aid...
Videodiscs have much to offer in developing the school curriculum, but teachers must use definite criteria in planning teaching-learning situations that will enable students to achieve on an individual basis. Thus, students should find meaning, interest, purpose, provision for individual differences, and a balance among objectives in their learning activities. Diverse philosophies of education may be utilized in videodisc technology; i.e., realism, experimentalism, idealism, and existentialism...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiovisual Aids, Behaviorism, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Educational...
A systematic three-level ("Level 3") approach to research in the motor behavior area was used to investigate the influence of varying degrees of contextual interference in the acquisition of volleyball serving skills. One hundred and twenty-eight middle school subjects learned three volleyball serves during a 3-week long unit in a physical education activity class. Subjects were divided into three groups: one followed a blocked schedule, another a serial schedule, and the third a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Drills (Practice), Intermediate Grades, Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills,...
Average salary increases for 2,946 faculty in the field of political science are reported for 1983-1984 and 1986-1987, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 120,580 faculty at 167 public colleges and 235 private colleges, representing 44 academic disciplines. In 1983, 125 public colleges and 159 private colleges reported on salaries for political science faculty, while 131 public and 165 private colleges...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative...
Average salary increases for 2,452 faculty in the field of physics are reported for 1983-1984 and 1986-1987, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 120,580 faculty at 167 public colleges and 235 private colleges, representing 44 academic disciplines. In 1983, 117 public colleges and 152 private colleges reported on physics faculty salaries, while 117 public and 150 private colleges reported in 1986. Between...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, College Science,...
This learning module is one of a series that teaches the competencies of "Job Search Skills," part of the "Work Skills" package--a set of competency-based instructional materials written for low-level readers that prepares students with specific job search and job keeping skills. ("Work Skills" is part of the "Connections" package, which represents a synthesis of significant work on education and employment and presents a coordinated set of resources to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Choice, Career Education, Competency Based Education, Decision Making Skills,...
Focusing on the integration of early reading and writing skills, a study examined the instructional use of daily dialogue journals over a 5-month period in a class of 10 third-grade Native American students living on an Indian reservation in northern Michigan. Students were required to make an entry of at least three lines every day, all writing was confidential, and the journals were not graded. Punctuation skills, grammar, and sentence structure improved in most cases, the length of sentences...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Education, American Indians, Beginning Writing, Cultural Context,...
Noting that many schools in the state of Indiana offer reading incentive programs that provide special recognition or awards to students who reach or exceed established goals in their reading programs, this booklet presents the results of a survey of the types of reading incentive programs in use. The booklet notes that the programs span all grade levels and have been successful in giving many students the extra motivation or "push" they need to establish lifelong reading habits....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent...
The study evaluated a language intervention program with a mentally retarded Japanese boy over a 2-year period from age 3 years 9 months to age 5 years 6 months. Intervention consisted of the therapist and mother engaging the child in cognitive training activities, physical games, and pretend play activities designed to elicit language behaviors. Cognitive training stressed such skills as distinguishing between the signified and signifier in daily experiences, language training in the names and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Language...
This pamphlet presents guidelines and tips for parents on setting limits for the behavior of young children. The need for limits and the goal of teaching children self-control are explained. Some general guidelines for limit setting are provided which include making the limits age-appropriate, recognizing the child's need for practice and repetition and to test or try out new limits, and understanding the importance of follow through and a calm, definite attitude. Next, specific tips for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Childhood Attitudes, Discipline, Interpersonal...
The effects of the Concept 6 calendar on educational quality and opportunities in Los Angeles secondary schools (six junior and four senior high schools) were studied. This is Phase I of the study of the Concept 6 Calendar. Concept 6 schools operate year-round on a different calendar, but with the same instructional time as other schools. Data were collected through teacher and principal questionnaires and school test scores on: (1) educational programs; (2) instructional quality; (3) quality...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Quality, Extended School Year, Outcomes of Education, Principals, Quality...
A composition teacher incorporated film into her literature classes with the hope of drawing on her students' familiarity with this medium to promote their interest in reading as well as developing their reading and writing skills, but she found several problems in implementing this plan. She found that the simple instructions, "Read the story" and "Watch for differences between the film and story versions," did little to engage the students. There was considerably more...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Instructional...
This bibliographic review aims to present a single comprehensive source of references to facilitate clinical application of data obtained on the vocal activity of normal infants and to facilitate continued research on prelinguistic vocal output. The bibliography cites the published observational, empirical, and theoretical reports that examine the normal infant's noncry vocalization. Over 300 citations are listed, from the late 1800's to 1987. Citations are restricted to those discussions in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Language, Communication Disorders, Expressive Language, High Risk Persons,...
